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Philadelphia4500 block of Chestnut StJuly 9, 2026

House report

4500 Chestnut St

4 stories · 13,400 sqft · CMX3 · built 1900

Investor / LLC · assessed $2.1M. On the 4500 block of Chestnut St.

Street view of 4500 Chestnut St
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The story of this houseAI · written from the public record

Reading this house's deeds, permits and assessments…

What to do with this

The record, translated into moves — what a buyer, the owner, and a landlord would each want to check next under Philadelphia's actual rules.

If you’re buying

Built 1900: lead rules apply

Federal law requires a lead-paint disclosure at sale for any pre-1978 home. If it will be rented, Philadelphia also requires a lead-safe or lead-free certificate before a rental license can issue.

If you own it

3 open violations: the clock matters

L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.

If you’re the landlord

No active rental license on file

If this property is rented, Philadelphia requires a Rental License (via eCLIPSE) — without it a landlord cannot legally collect rent or evict, and tenants can withhold. Licensing needs tax clearance and no open violations.

Derived from this house's public records and the city's rules as of 2026 (abatement ordinance, Homestead, rental licensing, lead certification, L&I process, excavation protections). Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.

Who's behind it

Greenzang Properties III · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 3 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $9.5M combined

The investment read

How this house has moved and where it's pointed: the city's assessed value (not a listing price) over 12 years, charted against its block; appreciation is that history's pace, and the 5-year figure simply extends it. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the analyst below to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$2.1M
built 1900
Price / sq ft
$159
block $104 · above block
Appreciation
+384%
+15%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$2.1M
+15%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$30K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
Times sold
0

Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line

$0$10M$20MBefore this chart — 2014: Zoning/use 2015: Major alteration 2015: Suppression 2015: Plumbing 2015: 7 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 12 2015: Electrical 2015: Major alteration 2015: Mechanical2016: Major alteration 2016: 18 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE2022: 2 L&I violations2026: 4 L&I violations$2.1M201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit
The paper trail

Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2016.

  1. 2014 Zoning/usePermit
  2. 2015 Major alterationPermitSuppressionPermitPlumbingPermit7 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 12L&IElectricalPermitMajor alterationPermitMechanicalPermit
  3. 2016 Major alterationPermit18 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTUREL&I
  4. 2022 2 L&I violationsL&I
  5. 2026 4 L&I violationsL&I

Flags: 3 open L&I violations. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The house, on paper

The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.

Stories
4
Interior
13,400 sqft
livable area
Lot
5,500 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX3
city zoning code

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Run the numbers

What owning 4500 Chestnut St takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this house's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$2.0M
20%
6.875%
$15K/mo

When this house last sold (2024) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.72% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
year-1 return on cash in

Estimates for orientation, not advice. Assumes a 30-year fixed loan, $1,400/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record.

Next door: 4504 Chestnut St  ·  4508-38 Chestnut St

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.

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